Warner Bros Chasing Javier Bardem For Blackbeard Role in ‘Pan’

EXCLUSIVE:Javier Bardem has been offered the lead villain role in Pan, the Warner Bros take on the Peter Pan myth based on a Jason Fuchs script. This is the origin story pic based on JM Barrie’s classic tale that we told you earlier in the week has Joe Wright in negotiations to direct. Greg Berlanti is producing under his Berlanti Productions banner, and Sarah Schechter is overseeing for Warners. In Fuchs’ script, an orphan is taken to the magical world of Neverland, where he becomes the savior of the natives and leads a rebellion against evil pirates. Bardem would play the captain of the bad guys, Blackbeard. If the deal makes, it would ensure another cool baddie hairdo for Bardem, whose scalp also has shown it has range. Cases in point: He won an Oscar for his crazed killer in No Country For Old Men, played the tortured villain in Skyfall and most recently in Ridley Scott’s The Counselor. He’s repped by WME.

Bruce Dern told me he still gets hate mail for killing John Wayne and Andrew Robinson said being the Dirty Harry villian ruined his career. I think th eopposite is true for Javier. He is such a compelling actor you just want to see more of him.

Troll • on Nov 16, 2013 10:31 am

This is why I refuse to buy any Stock(s) in Film Companies.No imagination,bean counters looking at the past performances and betting on a certain percentage of the Original to fill the coffers,Bleeechhhhh!

“The Peter Pan myth.” Uh…what Peter Pan myth? Peter Pan was a character created by J.M. Barrie in “Little White Bird,” then expanded upon in a play and a later novel. It is a story. Calling it a “myth” is either lazy writing or ignorance.